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- WASHINGTON. The Progress of Investigation in All Its Branches. ADVERSE INFLUENCES AT WORK ‘Delay of the Senate’in Passing the Witness Immunity Bill. LUKEWARM ACTION OF THE EXECUTIVE Secretary Robeson in Explanation of His Opportune Advances. NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 30. agent, told the Indians that none of the $25,000 ap- propriated for the tribo had beon received. At this Mr. Page, a republican member of the the committee, objected to the testimony as not implicating Smith. The witness replied that the money had been appropriated, the Indians did not re- ceive a dollar, and Smith was either agont or commis- sioner sin@ 1871. Witness further said that Smith, when agen{ bought a house and paid for most of it in scrip. Mr, Page asked the witness if Smith did not Joan the witness flour when the Indians were suffering. He said yes; but he returned {t to Smith while the In- | dians at large starved. Smith’s successor, Douglass, sold agency goods and cattle for scrip. Afterward the cattle werefound entered on the books of the agency as issued. SUDDEN AND ALARMING ILLNESS OF THE PRESIJENT—HIS SITUATION IMPROVING. "The Pregdent was suddenly attacked with illness during thepourse of last evening, and his symptoms were so ala@ming thatthe family physician was sum- moned in geat haste, The doctor devoted a good por- tion of thenight to administering the means of relief, and was sdsuccessful that his patient was able to go out for anjiring in his carriage this afternoon, Tho President) illness is attributed to a recurrence of an affection ij the nature of neuralgia of the brain, which FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, Wasurxerox, March 29, 1876. THE POST TRADERSHIP INVESTIGATION—TESTI- MONY OF GENERAL CUSTER—THE EXACTIONS OF BELKNAP AND THE ‘‘CAMPAIGN COMMIT- TEE” FROM THE POOR SOLDIERS—OPPOSI- TION OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO THE Ac- TION OF THE COMMITTEES. The testimony concerning post traderships gets ,Girtier all the time, and it all leads to suspicion that the law taking theso places out of the hands of the post officers and giving the appointments tothe Secretary of War wasa deliberate job intended to rob the sold- _lers and officers for the benefit of Mr. Belknap’s {riends, and Mr, Belknap himself. General Custer testified to-day that one post trader told him ‘‘when the Ring broke”’ that out of his profits of $15,000 one third went to General Hedrick and Bnother part to General Rice, and that he had always supposed that Belknap got a share. Custer testified that he had called Belknap’s attention to abuses, but with no result, and, after giving an account which says in substance that the sale of post trader- ships was a regular business, and that Belknap’s atte: jon had been called to the abuses at different times, be expressed the opinion, which is becoming general here, that these things could not have taken place if the Secretary ot War had not connived at them. “But why should not the Secretary connive at them ?”? asked a member of Congress; “he saw the President giving such places to his brother Orvil, and as it was the fashion he followed it, and now it seems that Robeson, too, has been lending $1,500,000 of the government’s money to bolster upa falling banking frm. It’s all of a piece, and these people have for sx or seven years used the people’s monoy as though it all belonged to them, and when Delano is forced by public indignation to resign, the President gives him a certifi- tate of character, and when Belinap resigns he tells him officially that he’s very sorry. ’” The sale of post traderships was a peculiarly mean piece of robbery, forallthe money that was got out of such bargains, whether by Orvil Grant or by Belknap, or by any of his friends, was forced out of the pockets of poor soldiers, Out of their $i3. a month these poor fellows had to pay Belknap and Marsh $12,000 a year, and in many other cases the traders testify that, desiges the blackmail which they paid to Belknap’s friends, they had to pay heavy political assessments ‘ior the good of the party.”? Two men testified to-day that- they had paid $400 each “for political purposes,” which was, of _ bourse, ground out of soldiers’ $13 a month. One of these, by the way, swore that he had taken for a part- mer, Bower, of Keokuk, brother-in-law of Belknap, so that the brother-in-law business gets another illuustra- tion, and some one said who listened to this testimony: “No wonder Grant parted from Belknap with regret.” Towa men were greatly favored with post traderships. The investigations proceed and with increasing useful- ness. Witnesses are more and more willing to testify, and one discovery gives the key to others. The work of the committtces is more and more eystematized, 4nd the only hindrance now to a tolerably completo | velopment of the fraud and corruption which have for years been going on here and all over the country is in the Senate’s reluctance to pass the bill granting immanity to witnesses. It ought to be understood by the country that this delay in itself defeats the ends ot Justice, for it gives time to corrupt men to deal with and remove witnesses and to conceal othor evidences of their guilt. Itis certain that if the bili were a law 4 considerable amount of very important testimony could be got at once, and it is probable that if it docs not become a law in the next ten days a number of wit- Resses will disappear. One hears not unfrequently just now complaints that these investigations are useless, or that they are costing & good deal, or that they are partisan; but these things ‘were said also about the whiskey fraud investigations and prosecutions and by the same kind of people. The ‘ruth is the investigations are necessary, are conducted with discretion, and they would not cost nearly so much as they do if the administration gave its zealous assistance to the committee, as it ought to fo, and as, with very small exceptions, it does not do, | and for very good reasons. Bat in spite of the dull opposition to inquiry in some quarters and the alert and vigorous opposition in others, the investigations make headway and will continue to do so, and the politicians who meant to hoist ‘the bloody shirt” in the fall campaign begin to see that there may be an ‘esae that will make the bloody shirt unavailabie. ENVESTIGATION AT A STAND STILL—DELAY OF THE SENATE IN EXTENDING IMMUNITY TO WITNESSES. Some of the most important investigations in the flouse have come to a stop because the Senate delays 4o pass the bill giving immunity to witnesses. There are numbers of witnesses who are ready to testify, but who object that they will not criminate themselves, and, by their own evidence, subject themselves to vin- fictive persecution at the hands of men who have power and influence and whom their testimony would expose. It is to be hoped that the Senate will hasten to pass the bill, WHE REMOVAL OF ARMY HEADQUARTERS TO WASHINGTON. It is understood that General Sherman will probably memove his headquarters to Washington again, and that he will, as General of the Army, have once more | the control of the Adjutant General’s Department, with which he will probably be content, as this gives him the proper military control of the detail and discipline | ofthearmy. The other departments he does not, it is | inderstood, want to control, as they are not necessary 4 his proper control of the army. FROL. OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT, WasnincTox, March 29, 1876. THE FRAUDS AT WHITE EARTH AGENCY—EX- COMMISSIONER SMITH'S RECORD AS INDIAN AGENT. The examination of Mr. Beaulieu was continued to- Jay before Judge Wiishire’s Indian sub-committee, His testimony was in reference to the frauds at White Earth agency in Minnesota while ex-Commissioner Smith was agent from 1871 to 1873. He said that AL. Murray, who had charge of the agency saw mill, em- ployed from seventeen to thirty half-breeds and Indians to ran ® They received $1 50 @ day, and were paid once & week. The mill only cut about 10,000 feet a day, when other mills im that Section cut 40,000 feet with four or five men less, Smith used some of the lamber for agency purposes and sold some to white men living off the reservation. The witness showed a list of white men who were enid to have bought lamber of this agency mill, The In- dians made much complaint about it. The witness said that ifthe committee would visit White Earth they would find ten times more frauds than were known 11 Washington. Chippewa scrip was bought by Smith and paid for ip agency supplies. He also gave the Indians orders on the trader’s store for their work instead of paying them in agency supplies, The following named persons were induced to sell scrip for goods belonging to the agency:—Baptiste Lenoir, Agans Morrisons, J. E. Perault, Joseph Adams, Mesba Kosh and Jean Baptiste Pleul. Witness said that Sinith’s administration was agreeable the first year, unsatisfactory the second year and moreso the lant year of bis management; Mr, Stowe, the presont has heretdore given his friends no little apprehension. He was copfortable at last accounts to-night, but was compel! decline official and other calls, UNEASINISS O¥ A REPUBLICAN MEMBER AT THE DEVEIAPMENT OF ¥FRAUD—MR. PAGE, OF CALIFORNIA, ON THE RAMPAGE. The couse of business in the Indian Committee is not alway¢ very harmonious in these days, and the Hon, Mr. Ago, of California, has occasionally an un- happy timeof it, On Monday when Mr, Beaulieu swore positively tat Chippewa scrip had been trafficked in by ex-Commisjioner Smith and bis assistants while at the White Eart) Agency, Mr. Page turned to a gentleman from Minnisota and said that he should impeach the witness. ‘he Minnesota man replied that he knew Beauleu t¢ be av honorable and trustworthy man, To-day wien Beaulieu was on the staud Mr, Page und¢took, on cross-examination, to break him down, and his manner was 80 offensive that the vitness arose to his feet, Mr. Page ordered hip to sit down; the chairman said that he should stant ifhe preterred. Because the witness did not answer all «f the questions satisfactorily to Mr. Page ho {ntimatd that he had sworn falsely, The chair said that he witness gave a satisfactory answer, whereupon Mr. Page sald that he would not be dic- tated to; ifhe could not cross.exemine the witness as no pleased ani have such answers as he wished he would leave the pom. Mr. Scales, the chairman of the com- mittee, griw warm, and said that the committee should not be bulied by Mr. Page; he would insist on hay- shown exCommissioner Smith and his successor, Douglass, ® be corrupt, and the facts should not be distorted oj covered up. Atthis Mr. Pago subsided, and the examination was allowed to proceed. ROBESON’S ADVANCES. THE SECHRTARY IN EXPLANATION OF HIS ADVANO TO JAY COOKE, M’CULLOCH & Co. TRE METHOD OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS IN LomD)N—sECURITHM HELD RY THE Gov- ERNMENT. Wasuixotox, March 29, 1876, The following is the reply of Secretary Robeson to the interrogatories propounded to him by the Com- mittee on the Real Estate Poo! and Jay Cooke indebted- ness:— Navy DerarrMeyr, Wastuxaron, D. C., March 23, 1876, Sre;—Reférring to my lettor of the 10th inat., and tn further and more particular response to the inter- rogatories of yours of the 28th ult, 1 beg to say that the claims against tho firm of Juy Cooke & Co, Inyour said letter mentioned wore assigned to me by Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. as coljateral security to sccare the government trom loss on what is culled the ‘foreign account” of the navy, which has been kept in Landon since 1815, and which was at the time of assignment kept with tho firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Company, under the following circumstances :—Previous to eign account of the navy was kept with the house of | Baring Brothers & Co,, who were before that time the bankers or fiscal agents of said account, under un appointment, as “temporary special agents, to accept and y doke dra abroad upon them by the Navy Department, or on account of the de- partment, by its officers or other persons properly authorized jor that p' ” In the said month | of May, 1871, the said firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & | Co. were uppornted as such temporary ‘‘special agents,’? | & aforesaid, tor the reasons and purposes and op the | terms and conditions set forth in the letter of the de- Bebenh 9 tie i ‘1, to Messrs, Barin, by age og eat to and with’ the said firm of Jay Cooke, oCulloch & Co., dated May 1, 1871, a copy of which said letters anda gents, the the reply to and acceptance of said appointment by Messrs. Jay Cooke, McCulloch & | Co., dated May 4, 1871, are herewith inclosed, marked, | respectively, “A,” "“B and ‘0,’ the ‘said ap: | pointment and agreement being the same in all | Tespects as had been previousiy made and existed with Messrs, Baring Brothers & Co., the previous ‘‘tem; | rary special agonis’’ of the dopartment, except that Messrs, Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. were required to give dood with approved security in tbe sum of $100,000, which they did, instead of $30,000, which | was ‘the sum previously required of and given by Messrs, Baring Brothers & Co. Under and in pursaance of said appointment and agroement deposits were made inthe usual course and from time to time in maintenance and continuauce of said ‘foreign account” of the Navy, kept, as before said, since 1815, in London as the money ceutre of the world for the purpose of meeting-and paying the draits oft navy paymasters in all parts of the world for the maintenance of our fleets abroad, for tho-reason that the exponsesot our ships on foreign stations can be much more safely, conveviently and economically met by drafts drawn upon bankers established at the money centre, with correspondents in every comme: cial city in the world, thau by carrying the coin of | ferent nations in large and uncertain amounts on our ships or by any other means at the command of the department. The amounts and dates of the various deposits made in mamtenance of the account, trom the Ist day of | those made with Messrs. Baring Bros. well as those made with Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co, are shown in the statement herewith enclosed, marked p, After the faiiare of the firm of Jay Cooke & Co., the correspondents of Jay Cooke, McCatloch & Co, in this country, although suid last mentioned firm continued to pay, as our agents, the navy drals drawn upon them in regular course, the department was sot willing, im the disturbed coudition of financial matters, to continue the said ac- count without additional security, which was accord- ingly demanded and given betore the department would agree to continue the The additional security then received to protect the said account consisted of | about 8,045 tons of railroad iron siored in the bonded | warehouses of the government and its bonds of various | railroad companies amounting on their face to about $600,000 held as collateral security fur said account— the government to receive the proceeds of any pay- ment or sales, The regular time tor a new remittance to the said foreign account in the usual course | came about the Ist of October, 1873, and the department was then applied to by the | Tepresentatives of said irm to make such new remit- tance, but declined to do so at that time, though our navy dratts were still paid in tbe due course by said | firm as our agents as aforesaid. About the middle of | said month of October, 1873, however, it became neces- sary either to make new remittances to said account or to allow our agents to stop the payment of our drafts, Consultation was held with the Secretary of the Trea- sury and the President upon the subject, and in con- sideration not only of the fact that any difficulty in the payment of our navy drafts which had been drawn and are now being drawn by our paymasters said firm as our regular agents, and which were out in all parts of ‘the , world, would greatly ipeonvenience and increase the expense of our naval service abroad, but also of the fact that any discredit of the said firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co., which would revert from the stopping aud Ww: wal of th al acvount at that Ume might ha mjurious effect upon the opera- tions of our government, which was then carrying on large and important Mnancial transactions with an as- sociation of bankers, of which association the said firm of Jay Cooke, MeCailoch & Co. were members. In placing the new government loun it was determined to be wise ublic policy to continue said account, provided the Navy Department could receive additional security 10 insure the government against probable lose. In pur- suunee of ch determination, the department asked further security to secure the saul account and all re- | mittances made thereto, and received a further trans- | fer of railroad iron stored in the government ware- house, to the amount of more than 10,000 tons of new ruils and 4,800 tons of old rats, making the whole amount of railroad iron held by the department as col- lateral for said account more than 43,000 tons, and® | also notes and commercial credits tothe amount of | about $200,000, all ot which has since ose ie od an | assignment of the private estate of Hugh McCullough | tm this country, yalued at $150,000, and also an assign- | ment of the claims of the said firm of Jay Cook, Me- | Culloch & Co., mentioned in your first interroga- | tory, together wi claim not mentioned therein, but | amounting to the sum of $146,270 15. In consideration of the facts already st.ted and the | receipt ot the securities mentioned, and in consider- ation of the fact that the government. under the laws of the United States, had a right of proray of payment against the private estates of ail the partners of the said tirm of Jay Cooke, MeCulloch & Co. for the full amount of their mdebiodness at the time, which said priority has since been affirmod by the judgment and decree of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Dinds property valued at more than threo times the amount of the indebtedn further deposits were | | government now holds im addition to the original | Fupt partners of the firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co, ing the tuth goto tho country, Tho witness had | jay, 1871, the said for. | | A prominent and esteemed citizen, whose position at John O. Bradford, Paymaster General of the Navy, who was then in Lonaon, and supplied with money tor the purpose of protecting the government. The said firm of Jay Cook, MeGuiloch & Co. continued to pay the navy drafts in regular course, but were | Nnally obliged, under the operation of the Engiish law, to go inte liquidation when their partuers in this coun- try were formally adjudicated bankrupts, and the final settlement of their accounts with this department has since been delayed by the compiication of their affairs with the affairs of the bankrupts, which, besides in- joring their credit and locking up their capital and , has rem it necessary intrust all the questio: in which the bankrupts were interested to the consideration and adjudication of the United States Courts. Since the said bankruptcy no farther remittances have been made to them nor any other funds intrusted to their custody, but tne drafts drawn upon them have been accepted by them as they came and were presented and have been paid and taken up at maturity by Pay- master General Bradiord, out of moneys furnished to him by the Navy Department for that purpose, in order that the said drafts might be paid in due course with- out interruption or discredit, but at the same time without advancing an: additional money to said firm'of Jay Cook, MeCulloc! 0. The indebtedness of said drm to the government bas since been gradually reduced by payments m: them: ard by payment of the notes and cred! sales of some of the property held by the government as collateral, until the amount now due is the sum of $699,154 15, as near as can be ascertained at this time, and witbout a final adjustment of the account in the Treasury. For the payment and return of this sum the bond of the firm above mentioned, the following SECURITIES, First—Decreo in the Circuit Conrt of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, amounting, on the Ist day of March, with interest, to the sum of $789,208 53, which said deerce bas been affirmea by the judgment and decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and is eatin to priority over all other claims of all other creditors of the bank- Upon this there has been paid the sum of leaving a balance of $461,007 26. Second —Clains against tho estate of Jay Cooke & Co, proved by the firm of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. of London, amounts and descriptions as follows First, claim amounting in currency to $46,252 75 second, a claim amounting in currency to $30,225; third, a claim amounting in currency to $1,452,531 11; fourth, aclaim amounting in currency to $125,220 40, and aclaim known as the Syndicate claim, amounting im currency to $146,276 15, so that all these claims amount in currency to the sum of $1,799,506 45, It is claimed that this amount is subject to certain offsets, which will, when ascertained, reduce the amount, but not below the sum of $1,200,000. The actual value is not accurately ascertained, but it is un- | derstood that adjudicated claims can be sold in the | market at twenty-five per cent. » Taird—Four hundred and sixteen $1,000 first mort- gage bonds of the Indiana and I!linow Central Railroad Company, also 145 $1,000 first mortgage bonds of the | St. Joseph and Denver Railroad Company, Fou ix thousand seven hundred and twenty-one tons of English railway iron in government warehouses at New York, New Orleans, Duluth and Buffalo, esti- mated to be worth at least $200,000. Fifth—Privase estate of Hugh McCulloch in this country, valued at $150,000. The amount how owing on said foreign account is | more than $200,000 jess than the amount for which the | government wus in advance at the time of the failure | of Jay Cooke & Co. on remittances made in regular coarse, and it 1a believed that the seourities now held by | the government are amply sufficient to secure the pay- ment of the whole account, and that it will probably | be paid off in full before the end of the present fiscal year. I have no notice of the insolvency of the house of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. The said firm have gone into liquidation, as I have already said, on account of the former bankruptcy of the members of the firm in this country, and the purest of their indebtedness to | tho United States has been delayed by the locking up of their assets as before mentioned, but I am led to be- Neve that the assets of the said firm are more than suf- | Acient to discharge their debts, since | think the whole amount of their indebtedness to the United States will _ be paid outof the securities spectfically pledged for it, | and since the partners of the said (rm in London have, | eas 1 understand, orgunized a new house and are { carrying on the banking business in that city. | I have made no deposits of the public money ofthe | United States with any banking house in London or | banking firm of which Jay Cooke and Hugh McCulloch, or either of them, are members, or with which they connected, except with the said house of Jay ke, McCulloch & Co., as tho fiscal of the Davy as aforesaid, in the manner and to the amount | aforesaid, and I have made none with them siuce the | firm of Jay Cooke & Co, wore declared bankrupts. | I was not aware at tne time | began or continued the said account with the said Jay Cooke, McCulloch & | Co., that the said firm had no capital or capital stock, | but on the contrary I understood from their partners _ or agents im this country that they were a strong i, | with a good working capital and ample resources in Te- serve, xnd altur the failure of Jay Cooke & Co. I was | informed directly ‘rom the firm of Jay Cooke, | McCulloch & Co., through despatches to their agents in ths country, that their private ledger still showed a very large working capital besides ail their property and assets; [ would further state ‘in response to your second interrogatory that I have endeavored to collect the debts of said firm to the United States by collecting notes and commercial credits assigned to me and by disposing of the property beid as coliateral whenever I was able to do so without risk and to the | advantage of the government; that I have saccessfally | detended in the Supreme Court of the State of New | York the right of the United States to mt 4,400 tons | ofthe railroad tron assigned to me as aforesaid and | stored jn tbe government warchouses in New York, which right was questioned in sard Court, and that I have entoreed lien of the United States against the private estates of the bankrupt debtors tn this country by suit in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern district of Pennsylvania, and have obtained a decree thereon agaist said bankrupts and their estates for $789,298 638, which said decree has since been affirmed by the Supreme Court of the | United States and the right of priority of payment settled in favor of the government. | Bolleving that I have in this and my forther letter | of March 10 covered tho ground of all your interroga- | tories, I rewata, very respectfully, EORGE M. ROBESON, Secretary of the Navy. Hon. J. M. Grover, Chairman of the Select Com- mittee on the Real Estate Pool and Jay Cooke's In- debtedness, House of Representatives. VIEWS OF A PROMINENT CITIZEN ON THE AID EXTENDED TO JAY COOKE, M'CULLOCH & CO.—VALUE OF THE SECURITIES HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT. the time referred to secured for him a full knowledge of the facts, gives us the following information, which | vorifies all that hus beea written by our special Wash- ington correspondent concerning the relationship be- March, 1869, to the 2d day of July, 1873, including all | & Co, 28 | | | | | } | road upon | i ‘tween the Secretary of the Navy and the house of Jay | Cooke, McCulloch & Co, :— | “Firat let me remark,” said our informant, “(hat in my judginent—and it 18 based somewhat on incidents | which have since occurred—the government will not lose any of the money that has been advanced. Whether it will rece: interest upon its outlay, I am not advised; nor c: now state what motives may have prompted the Secretary in taking such an unusual course to BOLSTER UP THR FORTUNES of the — house. Personal friendship between Messrs. beson, McCulloch and others may ha mtered into the consideration of the pro- prieties of the case, but {business interests like- | wise may have exerted’ more or less of a direct influence in determiping the official action. For you will remember that when Jay Cooke fatled the government was a large creditor of the firm, and it was but natural that Mr. Robeson should deem it necessary to sustain the London branch of the firm rather than suffer possible loss. if report be true Henry Ciews was indebted to the gov- | ernment at the time ot his failure in the sum of £37,000, | With such an experience I can well understand why | the Secretary should bave felt no little nervousne: | cipating a still, the hands of Cooke, and why, in order to , be made the vances in question. A deficit of $1,000,000 would caused a severe criticism upon the carelessness of tho | government in the manazement of its financial affairs.” “But,” queried the reporter, ‘‘was not the sstuation | | | | of Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. known in London?” “Unquestionably, and it was the subject of anxious | comment in financial circles, It was even discussed whether the house would be saved by the interference and aesistance of the Navy Department An eflort was made o secure aid from tour or five bankers, but the securities offered were not, after investigation, deemed | satisfactory. I will not undertake to say that the gov- | ernment accepted the same securities, but my impres- sion is that it still holds some Northern Pacific bonds. With regard to _ THY RAILROAD IRON referred to in the letter of the Secretary, dated March 10, much of it bas been sold. Some of it has been shipped to Canada in order to avoid the payment of daty and where it would command a better profit, 1 | am told, bowover, that there nas been considerable controversy and one or two Jaw suits as to the righttul ownership of this iron, and that it is the dissatistied creditors who have been indirectly instrumental io causing the present investigation, These are the principal facts in connection with the matter with which I am familiar, and, while they not pleasant to contemplate, it is. as I said betore, source of gratification tuat the government is not likely to suffer material pecuniary loss from its busi- | Folger ate with the firm of Cooke, MeCulioch | 0, OBITUARY. HENRY LETHEBY, M. D. A cable telegram from London under date of the 20th instant announces the occurrence of the death of Dr. | be Henry Letheby, well known as the medicai oflicer of | health for the city of London. Ho was sixty years of age. He was born in the year 1816. In the year 1843 he became Bachelor of Medicine, and Licentiate of the Sar- gical sociation in 1837, He was an accomplished screntist, and has obtained a world wide fame in his cupacity of health officer of the city of London. He was lecturer on chemistry and toxocology in the Lon- don Hospital, chemical analyst to the corporation of London and a Fellow of the Linnwan and Chemical societies, Dr. Letheby has compiled and published many most valuable papers, of which may be meationed his Ky eports on the Sanitary Condition of the City of id foreign navy account during the sald month of October and the following month of November, amounting to £219,199 Ils, 11d, | a Osi Ls made through don,” and his essay on the ‘Mode of Conducting | to be the kind of a man they can talk *‘business’” to. | an diors; for the repented indi Tam not positive, but | { | while steadit THE REPUBLICAN CLANS. The Bearers of the Tartans of Hayes and Hartranft. PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO. | The Keystone and Buckeye Conven- tions Name Their Mer. VERMONT UNPLEDGED. Senator Morrill to the Party Leaders at Home. THE PLATFORMS HARMONIOUS. | THE PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICANS. ADOPTION OF A ‘‘CUT-AND-DRIZD” PLATFORM— HARTRANFT RECOMMENDED FOR THE PRESI- DENCY—BLAINE PROBABLY NEXT CHOICE— SIMON CAMERON'S HEIR APPARENT TAKING THE REINS, Haxriseora, March 29, 1876. Whoever gave credence to the half whispered ro- ports which have been in circulation in Pennsylvama during the past six months to the effect that Simon Cameron was losing his control of the republican party of the Commonwealth would surely have his belief in the omnipotence of the old chieftain restored by a | study of the workings of the present Convention. Tho veteran, who has just celebrated his soventy-cighth Dirthday, has the affairs of tho Keystone State as firmly in his grip as ever. But he ts preparing to abdi- cate, and is quietly arranging to hand the sceptre to THR HEIR PRESUMPTIVE, his son, J. Don Cameron, of Harrisburg, a rich young nabob, who bas for some campaigns back been his father’s heutenant, and who is now making his | first attempt to ‘run’? the party, He has had himself | elected delegat: ge to Cincionat!, and has chosen as his coadjutor William R, Leeds, a Philadelphia Ring politician and office holder; Henry M. Hoyt, ot Luzerne county, chairman of the State Central Committee last year, and just re-elected for the coming campaign, and R. W. Mackey, ex-State Treasurer. They are tor Hart- rantt for President, of course, but as the event of his obtaining the Cincinnati nomination is extremely doabtful, almost an impossibility, they aro open to negotiations from other candidates, aud whoever will ofter Don Cameron a Cabinet portfolio will be their man, Blaine will, perbaps, be the second choice. Ro has availed himself of opportunities to make friends among Pennsylvania republicans, and then he is thought Conkling has no friends. I have only seen one man who mentioned him with favor, Among the country- men who go in for reform Bristow is looming up, and there is where the struggle will be. Cameron and the three other leaders will oppose and will endeavor to control the district delegates, THE PLATYORM, Everything to come before this Convention has been settied 10 advance by acaucus. Last night the delegates were chosen for the most part, and tae resolution to stick by Hartranft adopted. This morning, three hours before the meeting of the Convention, as early as half-past nine, the platform was agreed upon, not only in its general feataros, but its actual wording. lu had even been herrea d written out by General McPher- son, on the certainty that there would be po changes in its phraseology or sentiment. As it was dictated by the @wucus and agreed to in the Convention it is as follows, in full, being a conglomerate document made up from the Lancaster platform of last year and the usual bun- combe and resolutions of the New York republicans at Syracuse :— Resolved, That we hereby reaffirm the platform adopted by the Republican State Convention at Lancaster in 1875, and in view of recent event Washington we e1uphati: cally indorse thut part of It which demands, honest men in office, men with brains enough to know dishonesty when they ‘seo it aud courage enough to fight it wherever they find ft. Tho repablican party is committed by its traditions, its duties to an intr henest fi affairs, and wherever uational, Stat matadministration bh: existed or do: xist rd, co rected and the guilty punished, and to this end we pledge ‘the tull measure of our support as citizens and 4s voters. Resolved, That we look to the Cincinnati Convention to give us candidates tor President aud Vice President who are above whose persoval integrity the nation | cau most surely trust; and that we also look to our friends | throughout the State to make sure that in presenting eandi- i dates for Congress and the Legislature they secure thove only who are known to be honest, capable, d faithful to “Resolved, thet the republicans of Ponnaylvania, havi esvlved, Tha of Pennsylvun’ ing | nothing tu their past history. which they wie. to blot out oF | to apologize for, or would have th wn furget, arraign t democr preference: sorviency eracy now dominating them; of Union sok id apt tions of their purpo controlled by fexr, to open the Treasury of the nation to Just pecuniary demands from the insurcec- their “persistent effort to iorce amues ¥ upon men too proud or unrepentant to ask it or too guilty to deserve it, and for the combined recklessness and | cowardice of their course on financial questions, « reckless- ness which mischievously holds out a threas to overthrow | existing laws and a cowardice or incapacity to originate a | substitute for them, all of which exposes the democratic | party as without national instinct or un unsectional impulse | or xo affirmative policy, as unfit to be trusted by the country which, whon last under their control, they madly hurried into the vortex of civil w: dent! beni hSuve been made to coerce voters, and buse leisla- tive conspiracies are at this moment in operation in order that an unprincipled and fraudulent majority may ft theli hts; aud as ve deprit st the ly be free served from all special ur partial control; divide the schol fund for any purpose whatever or to divert ‘auy portion of it into # channel not under popular evutrol is but all attempts aro | Congrens to sabm: of the United States fend the common sehool covert. Kesolved, That the attempt of the democratic Houso of Representatives at Washington, in the tace of thi condition of Ainerican industry, to inflict upon de taritt, is an insult to the intelligence ut nee of the inability of the democratic purty to sof the country, The remedy for our not a lower, Kesolved, That the neglect of the public business of the State by the present majority of the lower branch of the Legislature, and the plainly apparent purpose of that ma- Y to vrolong the session with the sole vbject of thereby | increasing their pay, is worthy of the strongest censure, und | sty if per in, awaken the Just indignation of an out- | 0 16. Resolved, That the uniform policy of the republican party | of Pennsylvania, in keeping down the burdens of taxation y reducing the public debt. should be perslxt- ently maintained: when the debt ix wiped out the public expenditures should be confined to the civil expenses of tho State government, th rt of her public and soldiers’ orphan schools and the efficiency of her refermatory and penal institutio when adopted, will ¢ system from all tually de- enemies, open or ho recommendation by Governor Hart- through- cl ures to | prevent # further inerease of municipal indebtedness, is worthy of all commendation, and shoukt be put inw practi- eal operation at as early a Wane Resolved, That in eminent services the rare executive ability and wernor John F. Hartrantt, the unswerving rectitude of republicans of Fennsylvi name to the consides the Uuion tor the of the United States, the great qualities wi Ai Stato 5 of Presidency confidences that rendered his ad- even by the nomination in the full h have yivania t by Instructed to prosent Governor Hartranft the Convention as the choice of Yennsylvania and to givo nh AN earnest, constant and united sapport, and apon all ought before or arising in'convention to ¢ vote of Pennsylvania us the majority of the dele- (tes shall direct. THE DELEGATION TO CINCINNATI. The Convention transacted its basimess and ad- journed Jate jn the afternoon, without having had a single hitch in the programme laid down by the lead- ersexcept the trifling disagreement which resulted in the throwing over of Benjamin Harris Brewster for Morton McMichael as representative delegate from the Second district, which was done for the juflicient roason that Cameron did not like the law- The proceedings of the Convention were as dall @ perfect forokaowledge of the results could make ern. ‘There wus some hope that the inen chose the important responsibility of representing the party Cincinnati would not be gaite all on but it was doomed to disappointment, bad been permitted to their plana so whole delegation to Ciacinnatl m | well that tl counted upon as composed of say, this will be practically the result from which permits the vote of a district to be cast as a upit in the manner presented by the majority of dele. gates from that district. This will shut off afew who will be opposed to the dickering which will take place at Cincinnati, CAMERON'S SWAY, A glance at the personnel of the Cincinnati delegation Takes it easy to foertell what they will do there Out of the whole list only three men can be picked out who can be depended upon as refusing to obey the behest of These three may make a little trouble, but The Pennsylvania Fost Mortem Examinations in Cases of Suspected Mur- ." Me contributed, also, papers relating to the transactions of many learned societies, | unquestionably for Hartranit in They will stick by hum as long as he has 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. | exception being so rare provokes world-wide commen- | to be frowned upon and resisted with unyielding firmness, | The” ocert sefeat rn the democraticn Lexis bees brani uke guaiseaie ets tabs ARMA oak | ae” Ge ean: cake rene whether oF not the real design may not be to cripple | | | d | the ordinar; | pubhe aecessities should not beleflt unprovided for a chance of securing the nomination, He will not se cure it unless tt should be by one of those accidents which sometimes enable second rate men to step ta aud secure the good thing which greater men are quar- relling over. [fail is seen to be ‘ap’? with Hartranft, | the votes of the whole Pepnsyivapia delegation will be carried over bodily to the candidate offoring the | “best trade, it being a tine qua non that Don Cameron, the son of his lather, shail receive the promise of a { cabinet position. If it be asked how Simon Cameron enn carry this delegation in his breeches pocket, the answer 18 that he controls the federal patronage of the State, while Leeds and Mackey and his other allies con- trol the State and local offices. THE OFPICE-HOLDERS’ CAUSE, Of the delegation to Cincinnati there are few who are not officeholders or dependents, (ne is the Secre- tary of State, another is ex-State Treasurer, another is Postmaster of Philadelphia, another 1s Simon Cam- eron’s private secretary, another is Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, another is Prothonotary of Philadelphia, another is sheriff, is Chairman of the Board of Education, | another bas just retired from the Chief Commissionership of Highways, one of the fattest offices in Philadelpbia; another 18 tbe Chairman of the State Committee, ambitious for higher honors; another is an ex-Congressman who wishes another term, and soon. From men of this kind 1t is easy to guess what may be expected whea an opportunity like Cincinnati is offered. From conversations with the members of the disposing Convention it 1s evident that the feeimg for Hartranft, who has four times led his party co victory, is sincere and strong; and if byany ah he should be nominated for tho Presidency, e would surely carry Pennsylvania, Some good men and good judges of aifuirs go so furas to say that tho Cameron ership destroys all Hartran{t's chances for the nomination, which they think would be ex- tremely probable were it not for his backers. A nomi- nation which would surely secure Pennsylvania for the party would be worth consideration. : BLAINE, BRISTOW Blaine is the second choice of the delegation, because he fs a native Pennsylvanian and has preserved his asso- ciations with this State, and also because he would be willing to trade. Bristow is probably next, being es- pecially strong among the country delegates, but Conkling seems to have no triends. I asked Colonel Alexander McClure, the veteran politican and observer, and one of the best inform. | ed men in _ Pennsylvania, it Bristow would | trade, as itis thought Blaine would, ‘All Presiden- tial candidates will,’’ was bis prompt afswer. “If not personally, they do through their friends. Even Lin- | coin dig when he was a candidate. In brief it may safely be caid the Pennsylvania delegation to Cincin- nati i8 for Hartran{t first, and, failing him, for the man who will offer the best inducements, another REPUBLICAN VERMON'T. LETTER OF SENATOR MORRILL TO THE STATE CONVENTION—THE PARTY GLORY UNTAR- NISHED—AN UNPLEDGED DELEGATION NAMED ¥OR CINCINNATI-AN ORTHODOX PLATFORM. Buxuiaros, Vt, March 29, 1876. Tho Republican State Convention to choose ton dele- gates and ten alternates to represent the State of Ver- | mount in the coming National Convention{convened in | the City Hall this morning. The Convention was a very large one, some 500 dologates belng in attendance, and in point of ability, influence and character, the gathering was a romarkablo onc. Hon. Russell 8, Taft, | of Burlington, was elected President, and J. M. Hoyt and H. 8, Tenvant, secretaries, and ove vico president from each county was chosen, On taking the chair Mr. Taft made a short speech, saying that the action of the @emocrats during the last six months shows that the mission of the republican party is not ended. The coming National Republican Convention will name the next President, He but give voice to the feelings of the | republicans of Vermont, when he said that the cry, “A clean departure {rom Grantism,” finds no more ap- proval than when the great silent man of the country met Leo at Appomattox. SENATOR MORRILL’S LETTER, Mr, Taft’s address was received with loud applause, A letter, of whicn the following is the substan Senator Morri!l ackuowledges an invitation to be Present at the Convention, and expresses his faith that the Convention will send delegates of sterling character and wisdom, Lt is evident to him that the election ota republican President in our centennial year is quite possible and possible Only because he will deserve to be elected. Our candidate must be the embodiment of the Union seutiment of the country, neither ready to apologize tor the preservation of the Union nor for the emancipation of a race, aud true not only to funda- mental principles which have ever given vitality to the republican party, preserved the national credit, protected the great industrial interests of the country and opened tne way for a re- turn to specie payment, but our candidate must also furnish in his own behalf a name and character as | a man of affairs, with robust convictions of duty that shall be a sufficient guarantee to secure ability, purity and stricteconomy im all branches of the Kxecative department. The coming national contest is likely to be conducted with earnestness, perhaps by a resort to all the vituperative emantnce and extravagant abuse which extreme partisanship is apt to esteem as among its most potent weapons of political warfare. But this system of tactics has signally failed where it might bave been expected to have been the most effective, and we may well feel our courage reinforced by the late overthrow of tho New Hampshire domocracy, where hatred of republicanisin suffers no diminution from any disadvantage of a northern Jativde, A SAD AK, as {t turns out, was made in selecting General Belknap a Regia: ecw an, a mistake a bappily wring selection of @ successor of paquestioped oa well as of unquesticned republionenee Yet rey those who may have most cause to dislike the late Sec- retary never suspected his personal integrity until he dropped forever trom bis high position, In fact, it is | the truth of history to say that military officers have | almost universally escaped such imputations, and this | tary. But even military men, had they been placed in the Garden of Eden, might not have done much bet- ter than he who said, “The woman gave me and I did | eat, THR PARTY &RLY-PURGING. The flaming sword is already drawn to oxecute jus- tice, No true republicans ire that any guilty man | Shall escape and they have pursued and will pursue and | punish rascals as swiftly when found stealing in their | own party as when found in apy other. But they do _ not conuive ut the escape of a Tweed, nor do they stop the pursuit on any trial because it leads to their own camp. The repubtican party docs not attempt to crock all mankind by one general indictment, based upon the | offence of a single individual, although it will be found to possess sufficient health and righteous wrath to cut off all offending members, knowing that it will then still bold in its patriotic ranks a large majority of the people. DEMOCRATIC REVORM MONSTROSITIES, A House of Representatives where Northern demo- crats are mainly excluded by their Speaker from tho lead on committees, and where ex-Contederate officers | now hold the dominating influence, cannot be expected | to act with exalted ideas of patriotism, but solely in- | spired, as it would seem, with the purpose to rule the | government they so lutely sought to ruin, the meas- administration of the government and produce at length imbecility by slow starvation. Some better return for ampesty might possibly have been exhibited. The remainder of the letter claims that the re- | ublicans in Congress have reduced by many mil- | ious the annual expenditures of the government, and never in the last half century bas there been so small 4 percentage of fraud in the collection of the revenue and custom duties as during the administration of Lin- colnaud Grant A just curtailment of expenditures should bo eagerly accepted, whether coming from un- usual and reckless quarters or otherwise, but absolute even though the democratic party never more needed | to talk of economy than now. Alter the transaction of routine business the Conven- tion took a recess, The Convention reassembled at two o’clock, and the Hon. L. P. Poland, of St. Johosbary, made an addre: in which he said it would never do to let the dem cratic party have the reins of government. Their | control of one branch of Congress bad raised an alarin | throughout the entire North lest the always dominant Southern wing should regain sway. Ho favored amnesty to rebels, but was not in tavor of putting them It was the provjdence of God that gave the ic party as much power as they possess, but they have more power than they will again have for maoy years He thought it too early to express a | preference for a Presidential candidate. THE DELEGATES, Tho election of delogat vg ag being in order, the following were clected:—Hon. L. P. Poland, of St. Johnsbury; Colonel Wheelock G. Veazey, of Rutian Hon. George Howe, of Rrattieboro, and Hon, George H. Bigelow, of Burlington, ‘The following are the district delegates elected :— Warren ©. French, of Woodstock; Colonel Rosweil Farobam, of Bradford; 8. P. Carpenter, of Richinond, . Mason, of Richmond; Colonel Masons Colborn, of Mauchester; Hon T, E. Woodbridee, ot Vergennes, IN. 4 The proceedings tion of ex-Congresam: was nade, when quite a breeze sprung up. Mi Willard Farrington objected to the nomination vigor ously and reflected severely on Mr. Woodbridge, He i Woodbridge was « lobbyist, insincere, tricky and | man wholly unfit to be sent to Cincinnati to represent Vermont at this cris in the history of the republican party. Mr. Woodbridge defended himself with great spirit. The only cases be bad appeared for in Washington was as counsel for the Northern Pacific Railroad and as counsel for John D, Sanborn, when the latter's property and good name were at stake. He repelled the charge that be was a lobbyist or a dishonest man, | = defied the universe to prove the charge against mn, Ex-Governor John B, Page, of Rutland, briefly sup- rted Mr. Woodbridge. The latter's speech took the -onvention by storm, and he was uuanimously elected. THY PLATFORM. ‘The Committee on Resolutions then reported, through Chairman Kaward 8. Dana, of Cornwall, the following resoluts Resolved, That in this centennial yoar we again affirm our Gevotion to th tal which ear © those fundamental peineiples upon which of the liberties and equal righ the impartial aod vigorous ad: part of the country, bite and private col ecinen, ce 0 9 sretnep ine eevee Sal ide batden of taxation as depends epen the ia telligence as woll as tho virtue of its titizems, and tt is esseutial that the public school 4) m shall be maintained, in order that every child may such education as will ‘Gt bim for useful citizenship. and we are unalterably @p- posed to any diversion uf public school money tor any pure pose whatever. Fourth—We rally to the standard of the republican party as the only one under which we are btain an honest and effective malutenance of the government as well as for the defence of the Treasury against unjust demands and expen- ditures growing out of the rebellion. ‘the t interests of all citizens of every condition and pursuit imperatively demand the speediest return toa specie basis of values and currency, and we hail with grasifi- cation the act of a republican Congress definitely providing for that end, and we are firmly opposed to the repeal there- for or to any step backward in the » Sitth—-We ay in favo i ¢ demand that our nutional candidates shall be men of tried integrity, who will carry out this policy of re- form and preserve inviolate the grent results of the war. The Convention then adjourned The majority of tho delegation, it is believed, have esent nv particular choice for President, ana the tion will go to Cincinnatt unpledged. THE OHIO REPUBLICANS. RUTHERFORD B. HAYES THE CHOICE OF THE STATE CONVENTION FOR PRESIDENT-—THE STATE NOMINATIONS—A MODERATE SPECIE POLICY FAVORED. CoLumnvs, March 29, 1876. The Republican State Convention assembled at the Opera House this morning, full delegations being pres- ent from all the districts of the State. General Joho C. Lee, of Toledo, was chosen temporary president, and made a short speech, warmiy urging united action to secure the nomipation of Governor Hayes for Presi- dent, After appointing committees the Convention took a recess for dinner. NATIONAL DELEG. ‘The Convention reassembled at hait-past one. Mr. Alphonso Hart, of Cuyahoga, was chosen permanent President; Benjamin Wade, of Ashtabula; Edward F. Noyes, of Hamilton; W. H. Upson, of Summit, ana J, W. Kajer, of Clark, were clecied ca delegates at large to the National Convention, with Samuel Craig- head, of Dayton; Clark Wags: f Lucas; ©. H. Grosvenor, of Athens, and Lewis W of Hamil ton, as alternates. A. F. ry, of Cincinnati, and K. H. Bebm, of Cuyahoga, were chosen for Presidential Electors, THE STATE TICKET, The following State ticket was also nominated :— vor Secretary of State—Miltou M. Barces, of Guerm For Supreme Judge—W, W. Boynton, of Loraine. For Member of the Board of Public Works—James C, Evans, of Delaware. THR PLATFORM. The following platform was unanimously adopted, with three cheers :— ‘The republicans of Ohio renoy their allegiance to the re- pubiican purty of the United States and reaffirm ciples of tree governinent ux declared and defing rand men of 1770, and endeured to the people of our tines Gy'she vecrifices of wur and tho blewslugs of an assured Union of t Sesond—The citizens of the also citizens of the nation, and are tion and laws in all rights of citin full wnd equal protection in their se. Third honest and economical administration of the oy and favor retrenchipent and reform im Porsonui integrity and fidelity should be the conntitu- and are entitled to ment, the public service. required of all officials, and when found to be dishonest and corrupt they should be prosecuted and punished, and we cordiall; fenders x commend the vigorous prosecution of public of y,ho prevent nation! administration, Fourth—The national credit und honor must be sacredly maintained. —We recognize gold us the true standard of value andthe only steady and safe basis for n circulating medium, and declare that that policy of finance should be steadily pursued which, without unnecessary injury to business or will ultimately equalize the value’ of the coin aud paper dollar, ixth—We ‘or a tariff ror revenue with incidental prow jean industry. and by ov system of free common schoolt supported by general taxation. There must be uo division oft 2 sched fend and no sectarian interference with the schools. Bighth—To the soldiers and sailors who fought for the Union the nation owes a debt of xratitude, aud they aud the widows and orphans of those who have tallen ace justly entitled to liberal bounties and pensions. Ninth—The thauks of the people are dae to President Grant for his faithful adherenew to republican principles, and we assure him of the gratitude of the country for the’ dise shed service he has rendered as « soldier and civilian, HAYES FOR PRESIDENT. Fenth—The republican party of Ohio. having fall conil- dence in the honesty, ability and patriotism of Rutherford B. Hayes, cordially prosent bis National Republican ate delegates to that Convention are in- nd the district delegates efforts to secure his nomination. ‘After three cheers for Hayes anda short speech by ex-Governor Noyes the Convention adjourned. The State Central Committee wed by electing W. C. Cooper, of Knox, chat) id the followin; A. T. Wikott, chairman; J, C. Donaldson, secretary; George K, Nash, treasurer; John Littie, of Greene, and Wilham Leonard, of Cuyahoga. THE NATIONAL NEGRO CONVENTION. PREPARATIONS FOR ITS MEETING AT NASHVILLE IN APRIL-—FRED DOUGLASS’ UNPLEASANT REM« INISCENCES OF THE PLACE—ANIMUS OF THI BLACKS, an, Executive Committee was appointed Nasuviue, Tenn., March 27, 1876. There is little wonder that Fred Douglass made ag effort to have the place of meeting of the Colored Nae tional Convention changed from this place. His recol- lections of Nashville and his colored brethred here are none of the pleasantest, In the first place he did not understand them and they did not understand him, and consequently when he terminated his visit of two years ago it was not with the most enthusiastic hapes or his race 1m this part of the country. Heo nad been invited to address the Colored Agricultural Association at their fair grounds, On his arrival here he was escorted to the Harding House, the only caravansary for the man and brother in this city, and was led out upon the verandah t¢ respoud to the address of weicome. A deafenin; yell greeted his appearance, and it seemed thal this approved method of congratulation, as the ebony throated enthusiasts seemed to consider it, could not be overdone, They hurrahed and cheered, and it wat | in vain that the speaker endeavored to be ‘heard, A brief cfort satistied him, and he turned to retire, which apparent contemptuous treatment of their en+ | thusiasm caused a dead silence to fall upon the bitherte boisterous assemblage. Although their ardor was somewhat dampened, yet they were still determined to do the big thing by their distinguished brother. But, alas for Douglass’ peaceful slamvers the Harding House overtiowed with visitors, and it was a gala day with the colored population that they could not cele« brate too much, ‘To use Douglass’ own foreible ex+ pression, “the house went off on legs.’ The trampin was never-onding; up stairs and down, in an out, all mignt long, the ceaseless movement was kept up, while the draummer’s hands were Hireless to ‘keep up with his long-winded companions who managed the brass instruments. The hero of it all was thoroughly disgusted, and, taking no pains to conceal his disgust, declared’ that he would seek other quarters. The next day the stir was kept up, aod the dusky stream began to flow toward the colored fair groands, where the Hon. Fred Douglusa ‘was to address his brethren. The general hubbub was aggravated while Dougiass was in the midst of his address bya fisticuff fight in which two sons of Ham engaged, and for awhile drew off the whole attention to that particular portion of the grounds. The more and educated class of the negroes listened attentively to tho address, but all were disappointed im id of being # panegyric upon their virtues, it ke a lecture upon their shortcomings, ana the general verdict was “he thinks he’s better than we is.” Among other things he said he had no hope for the present generation of blacks, but that it was in the youth now grow! p that he hoped to see the great elevation of the race. He spoke to them of the odium they usually attached to the word ‘negro,’ and endeavored to convince them that it wag | morely arace name and nota term of reproach, but all bis efforts in teaching fell still-born upon’ the mausses—they utterly failed to see it in that light. To cap the climax, Douglas» remarked, as his visit drew to a close, that he had been treated with mach more distinguished consideration by the whites than by bts own race, ‘bis remark was repeated from mouth to mouth, and from that time Fred Douglass | held no more piace in their hearts. And now Fred Dougia: as attempted to change the place of holding their National Convention. The more prominent colorea men here, and par. ticularly those appointed to make prepara tions for the coming assembly, denounce the attempt, and claim that the District of Columbia negroes wish to hold the Convention within more con- venient reach of themselves, that they may the more readily manipulate the body. They insist that the Con- vention ought tu be held in one of the Southern States, where the bulk of the colored people reside, and ad Nashville ts accessible from ali points, it is only right and proper that it should beheld here. | There has been no definite line of procedure marked out as yet, but it i8 understood that a new policy is to be determined upon, They have clamored all along for recognition of | their claims to official position, and are now determined to make a new effort in a different direction, Arrange- ments are being made for the accommodation of over tes, though it is not likely that there will be GERMAN EMIGRATION SOCIETY, A special meeting of the German Soctety for the Prow tection of Immigrants was held at Liederkrang Hall Jast night, when the emigrant question was discussed, President Schack @ an account of the con- dition of Castle Garden affairs and of the effect of the United States Supreme Court decision. He stated that the Commissioners of Emi. gration will continue their functions until the 16th of May. On motion of Justice Otterbourg, a plan was adopted to ensure protection for immigrants landing at this port hereatter. The German Society will unite with the emigrant societies ot other nationalities to address a memorial on the subject to the Legisiature for relief. The directors of the society were authorized to negotiate with the Irish, Swiss, French and Scandinavian emi- grant societies 2 reference to thee jor, It is proposed that the management of Ward’s Isiund ana Castic Garden affairs be conferred on repres ne cobb the Emigr sake won teen es, Who are to make proper arrangements wi companies,